Forty years of Hessle Road history captured in a striking collection of black and white images will go on show in the city next month as part of Hull 2017.

The Hessle Roaders: Hull's Fishing Community is a major photographic collaboration between city historian Dr Alec Gill MBE and BAFTA award-winning film-maker and fine art photographer Paul Berriff OBE.

Taking place during Hull 2017's Season Two programme, Roots & Routes, and on display at Hull History Centre throughout June, the exhibition features 100 photographs – painstakingly selected from more than 6,600 evocative pictures – documenting a close-knit community during a time of dramatic social change.

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"I'm not a professional photographer," said Dr Gill, who is one of the co-founders of the city's annual Lost Trawlerman's Day.

"When I was an undergraduate, one of my professors was comparing working class children and middle class children and he spoke about the working class having the freedom of the streets, and I latched onto that thought.

A P Lee Butcher, Woodcock Street, Hull, in September, 1977

"He also said, if you want to get on in life, you have to have a focus, and I thought I'd focus on Hessle Road."

Mr Berriff, who has produced 100 A1 size fine art prints from Dr Gill's negatives, said: "Alec's photography is some of the finest 'street life' imagery I've seen during my 50 years behind the camera.

"I think the pictures will bring back lots of memories for people and I think it will be one of the big successes of the City of Culture because this is the people of Hull, and it's their life and times we should be celebrating."